H.B. 210
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Feb 27, 2023
SESSION 2023 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH30105-LR-61B
Short Title: Reduce Barriers to State Employment. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Bell.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO STATE EMPLOYMENT.
3 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
4 SECTION 1. Article 2 of Chapter 126 of the General Statutes is amended by adding
5 a new section to read:
6 "§ 126-8.6. Reducing barriers to State employment.
7 (a) The State Human Resources Commission shall do all of the following:
8 (1) Regularly assess the educational, experiential, and training requirements
9 necessary for each position within each State agency, department, and
10 institution.
11 (2) Determine when practical experience and training, such as military service, an
12 apprenticeship, or a trade school education, rather than a four-year college
13 degree, is the appropriate qualification for a position.
14 (3) Identify jobs for which the educational, experiential, and training
15 requirements could be reduced from their present level.
16 (4) Remove language for a four-year college degree in position descriptions, to
17 the extent practicable, when they are not necessary for the position.
18 (b) Beginning October 1, 2023, and then annually thereafter, the State Human Resources
19 Commission shall report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government
20 on its efforts to reduce barriers to State employment as required by this section."
21 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
*DRH30105-LR-61B*